How common is the surname Bhattacharya?

1,661 people in the United States had the surname Bhattacharya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. It ranked 17,087th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bhattacharya?

Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (1926–1947), followed by Jay Bhattacharya.

Where is the surname Bhattacharya most common?

Wikidata records people named Bhattacharya in India and British Raj.

Is the surname Bhattacharya getting more or less common?

More common. 920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,661 in 2010, up 81%.

What are other spellings of Bhattacharya?

Bhattacharjee and Bhattacharyya.

The surname Bhattacharya

A Bengali surname, carried by 1,661 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex B326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bhattacharya is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

Bengali origin

Borrowed from Bengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo).

One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,661 people named Bhattacharya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. That is up 81% since 2000, when the Census counted 920.

#17,087

rank among US surnames

1,661

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+80.5%

change since 2000 (was #25,272)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,080	Wile	1,662	185,767
#17,087	Kendig	1,661	185,879

Who is named Bhattacharya

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Bhattacharya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Bhattacharyas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sukanta Bhattacharya
Bengali poet (1926–1947)
Jay Bhattacharya
18th director of the National Institutes of Health, born 1968
Abinash Chandra Bhattacharya
Bengali revolutionary (1882–1962)

Notable Bhattacharyas come mostly from India (2) and British Raj (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bhattacharjee
Bhattacharyya

Bhattacharya has the Soundex code B326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B326.

Other Bengali surnames

All 21 Bengali surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bhattacharya come from?: Borrowed from Bengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo).
How common is the surname Bhattacharya?: 1,661 people in the United States had the surname Bhattacharya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. It ranked 17,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bhattacharya?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bhattacharya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bhattacharya?: Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (1926–1947), followed by Jay Bhattacharya.
Where is the surname Bhattacharya most common?: Wikidata records people named Bhattacharya in India and British Raj.
Is the surname Bhattacharya getting more or less common?: More common. 920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,661 in 2010, up 81%.
What are other spellings of Bhattacharya?: Bhattacharjee and Bhattacharyya.